Signals Collection Engineer

About SecurityScorecard:

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, with over 12 million companies continuously rated, operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by world-class investors, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 25,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint.

Headquartered in New York City, our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a "Best Workplace,” by Crain’s NY as a "Best Places to Work in NYC," and as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently, SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing “forward-thinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement.” SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by world-class investors including Silver Lake Waterman, Moody’s, Sequoia Capital, GV and Riverwood Capital.

About the Team

Join our innovative Signals Intelligence team, where we collect and analyze vast amounts of data to drive actionable threat intelligence. As a key contributor, you'll develop and maintain scalable systems that monitor and scan the global digital landscape, providing critical insights to enhance SecurityScorecard’s flagship ratings platform and other products. Collaborating with threat research and cross-functional teams, you'll define and refine the requirements for identifying emerging signals and vulnerabilities. Be a part of our dynamic team that is shaping the future of threat intelligence and cybersecurity.

About the Role

Join our team and work with cutting-edge technology at scale. Every day, we collect and process terabytes of security data, transforming raw information into actionable insights. In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Design and develop Python based applications including testing, optimization and scaling
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and data engineers to empower and evolve the culture of data driven decision making.
• Peer review of design, code and tests
• Develop distributed application using Confluent Kafka platform
• Automate deployment of distributed applications with CI/CD, release management and release communications
• Manage the infrastructure of bare metal or cloud (AWS) compute instances.
• Provision, fine-tune Linux (Ubuntu,Debian) based instances, setup firewall, and other configurations
• Utilize Ansible or similar configuration management, IaS to deploy and scale
• Debug performance and other issues in all environments
• Manage metrics, alerts for Kafka and Python code instrumentation (DataDog, Sentry)
• Maintain SLA for uptime and code deploy

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing, building, or supporting high performance distributed systems using Python, Kafka and Bash
• 3-5 years of experience in DevOps, CI/CD, and other misc Automation
• 3-5 years of experience in Linux (shell or other scripting), networking
• Some experience with cloud and cluster computing
• Network Security - TCP/IP protocols , vulnerability, port scanning

Benefits:

Specific to each country, we offer a competitive salary, stock options, Health benefits, and unlimited PTO, parental leave, tuition reimbursements, and much more!

The estimated total compensation range for this position is $150,000 - $250,000 (base plus bonus). Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, country and city location, and may vary from the range. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible for annual performance-based incentive compensation awards and equity, among other company benefits.

SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact [email protected].

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SecurityScorecard does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.